C. Spike Trotman, Iron Circus Comics - XOXO Festival (2015) - YouTube
Don’t miss this one: @Iron_Spike built an indie comics empire by ignoring everyone who said “that will never work.” »
Who Pays Conference Speakers?
Inspired by many recent conversations, I made a site to compile »
Having A Cat vs. Having A Baby by The Oatmeal
haha ok problem solved. the joy of hotlinking! »
Ikea Turned a Bunch of Children's Drawings Into a New Line of Stuffed Toys
Omg I love this. My favorites are the Dino Sherrif(?) and Tall Bird »
Ride Earth | Adventures – motorcycles – gear – on planet Earth
Announcing @rideearth: a website about adventure travel, photography and motorcycles. »
TOTEM
@swissmiss I've been working on a storytelling app for the past two years that I think you'll dig »
Group Messages Come to Slack | Several People Are Typing
Short chat? No need for a new channel - just pull people into a Group Message! #changelog https://t.… »
WELCOME TO SEESO
if you're curious about all the #seeso hubbub, just register, and you'll get the free beta, for free. #j… »
LEISURE SUIT – BUST LOVE on Vimeo
NEW VIDEO for hot @LeisureSuitBand single. We broke into my old high school. It's dark. »
Kind of Bloop - All Blues (VRC6) - YouTube
Kind of Bloop's "All Blues" is the best chiptune I've ever heard. @Shnabubula posted a visualization and the source »
Twitter Moments: Blimp on the loose
People of the internet! There is now a Moment about the escaped blimp »
bit.ly/1iig6BY
the @Runkeeper native Apple Watch app alone may finally get me off the fence. thx for the tip @tim_cook »
C. Spike Trotman, Iron Circus Comics - XOXO Festival (2015) - YouTube
Oh hey! Spike Trotman had one of the best talks at XOXO this year and now you can watch it »
medium.com/backchannel/this-isn-t-the-steve-jobs-story-ea016107cace#.84ptjib4w
This @stevenlevy interview with Aaron Sorkin about making up true-ish things for the Steve Jobs movie is great »
wilwheaton.net/2015/10/you-cant-pay-your-rent-with-the-unique-platform-and-reach-our-site-provides
“you can’t pay your rent with `the unique platform and reach our site provides’“ »
medium.com/ghostboat/the-secret-mass-graves-of-the-refugee-crisis-32341df89414#.9mxppq4g6
It kills me that stories about the Apple Watch are more popular and widely read than this, humans dumped like trash. http… »
POCiT | People of color in tech
POCiT | People of color in tech »
medium.com/@samswey/stop-pretending-the-ferguson-effect-is-real-40e3684fae3d#.fyjri1oos
So-called 'Ferguson effect' does not exist. Police are killing *more* black people, violent crime not up »
Runaway Military Blimp Lands In Rural Pennsylvania After Fighter Jets Scrambled - BuzzFeed News
This is the best blimp-in-Pennsylvania photo, by Jimmy May of the @PressEnterPA »
Brady tries coffee for the first time - YouTube
Today, @BradyHaran tried coffee for the first time — at my house. »
Top CEOs Have $4.9 Billion Saved Up for Retirement. Nearly 1/3 of Workers Have Nothing. | The Nation
Holy shit: the retirement savings of 100 CEOs equal to the combined savings of 41 percent of American families. https://t.… »
What's China gonna do? Better check this music video - YouTube
The weirdest foreigner-focused Xinhua media artifact concerning a Five Year Plan ever. »
Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
She should get a book deal, honestly. »
Connecting the dots: How we put a smile on the Basecamp logo. – Signal v. Noise
’Connecting the dots: How we put a smile on the Basecamp logo.’ »
The Best Worst Tickets, San Francisco | Eventbrite
TONIGHT! I'll be speaking with @MakeshiftSoc at Social Print Studio in SOMA (SF). Doors open at 7:00p. Heckle me! »
C. Spike Trotman, Iron Circus Comics - XOXO Festival (2015) - YouTube
Infuckingcredible. Watch this watch this watch this. @Iron_Spike @xoxo #xoxofest »
Worst thing you’ve done in The Sims | The Ludologist
The worst thing you've ever done in The Sims? Yep, def. traumatized now: (via @jesperjuul.) »
relay.fm/tc/3
Thoroughly Considered #3: We discuss how @studioneat are moving on from Obi, with the success of their new product »
Watch Wallum Cray's Vine "Relationship Goals"
This vine makes me laugh more than anything »
Longform Podcast #164: Lena Dunham
Longform Podcast #164: @lenadunham, in a special episode hosted by our editor @WBJenna — https://t.co… »
Magical Thinking & Thought Terminating Cliches
Shout out to @buzz for his splendid email this morning about magical thinking in the Valley. Read it then subscribe! »
SALT - A Safe Gun For A Safe Home | Indiegogo
I'm not sure how I feel about this "A safe gun for a safe home." »
medium.com/mission-log/the-human-organization-8e67441e999d#.c2j5ue35f
Beautiful and heartfelt piece on scaling #empathy in an organization: " The Human Organization" by @azygroth »
Dames Making Games: Apply for the 2016 DMG Scholarship program and GDC Convoy!
DMG received 25 GDC passes & we have an application for marginalized folks to get one! »
Sam & Max: Surfin the Highway – Cartoon Art Museum
Oh hey, did you know you can still buy Sam & Max: Surfin’ the Highway at cover price? - super cool! »
Watch tonialbertson's Vine "Students in my PR class learning about sponsored content via dooce"
Students in my PR class learning about sponsored content via @dooce »
Sound designing a life
A charming short film on how a Foley artist would sound design a day in an ordinary life »
License Plate Readers Exposed! How Public Safety Agencies Responded to Major Vulnerabilities in Vehicle Surveillance Tech | Electronic Fr...
After months of research and engagement, @cooperq and I finally published our report on ALPR vulnerabilities »
Research Center
Incredible stuff. 17,000 blues and folk recordings from the Alan Lomax sound archive are now online. Here's one »
Serena Williams Is Dating Alexis Ohanian, the Co-Founder of Reddit - Us Weekly
Serena Williams left Drake for a new boyfriend. You might have heard of him. »
Biréli Lagrène - Mélodie Au Crépuscule ( Gypsy Jazz / Manouche) - YouTube
This is some mindblowingly good guitar improvisation by Bireli Lagrene. Masterful. »
medium.com/backchannel/why-homejoy-failed-bb0ab39d901a#.542dyzuef
The gifs in this story about why Homejoy failed spectacularly are A+ »
medium.com/@medialab/certificates-reputation-and-the-blockchain-aee03622426f#.88yaau5gj
MIT Media Lab is issuing academic certificates using the #blockchain #RevolutionIsComing »
medium.com/@revdancatt/building-shutdownability-closing-down-contributoria-the-nice-way-e3691016e59c
Turning things off is hard. Well done to @revdancatt and co: (A+++ for @newspaperclub archive!) »
This Is Not a Game: How SXSW Turned GamerGate Abuse Into a Spectator Sport - The Daily Beast
You’ve only heard half the @SXSW story. Read how they acted leading up to yesterday’s announcement. Please RT. https://t… »
hawksley/webVR-boilerplate · GitHub
This is because @AndreaHawksley made the eleVR boilerplate work with Vive in webVR »
SXSW's GamerGate Debacle Shows It's Clueless on Diversity | WIRED
Tech conferences & diversity have bigger problems than just SXSW »
Officer Ben Fields assaulting a Student 10/26/15 - YouTube
If #FBI Dir. Comey wants a stop to "viral videos," then #police need to stop brutal shit like this »
M Dashes 009 — Listening in 3D
Quick reflection and some sketchnotes from seeing @tanehisicoates speak last night: https://t.c… »
WOCinTech Chat | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
@Microsoft we have images of women of color technologists, free to use. Perhaps you’d like to use them? »
Mobile carriers make $24B/year selling your secrets / Boing Boing
Mobile carriers make $24 billion (yep, billion) a year selling your data secrets to marketers. »
Callisto: $10K for 10 Colleges Campaign | Kelsey Gilmore-Innis's Fundraiser
Repeat perpetrators commit 90% of campus sexual assaults. Help stop them by funding Callisto »
Henri 2, Paw de Deux - YouTube
Finally, a good cat video on the Internet »
After Gamergate Misstep, SXSW Weighs An All-Day Online Abuse Forum | Re/code
After Gamergate misstep, SXSW is considering all-day event on online abuse by @nkulw »
There Is No College Bubble - The Awl
College loans "turn future labor into spending today, at an interest rate pegged above government borrowing costs." https://t.… »
The Diagram Decades of the New York City Subway Map by Peter B Lloyd — Kickstarter
Anyway, if you're obsessed w/ trains, graphic design, or NYC, it is definitely worth reading about ----> »
vulture.com/2015/10/this-insane-twitter-story-is-showgirls-for-2015.html?mid=twitter-share-vulture
Zola’s Insane Twitter Story Is Showgirls for 2015 via @vulture »
The more unequal your society is, the more your laws will favor the rich / Boing Boing
The more unequal your society is, the more your laws will favor the rich »
AFK Day 2015 | Vox Product Blog
Last week we took some time AFK to bond as a team in the woods. It was great. »
Jeffpardy! - YouTube
This is a 1:24 rollercoaster of funny. Starts well enough, builds up, pays off in spades »
Woodrow White's surreal and funny art / Boing Boing
Woodrow White's surreal and funny art. Mark @Frauenfelder met this guy on a plane, randomly. »
harmontown.com/2015/10/episode-160-a-little-handicap
The sage and hilarious @AndyKindler returns to HARMONTOWN! Audio and Video available now! https://… »
Librarian of Congress puts impossible conditions on your right to jailbreak your 3D printer / Boing Boing
Librarian of Congress puts impossible conditions on your right to jailbreak your 3D printer »
Federal court tells FBI: go ahead and torture Americans, but do it outside the U.S. / Boing Boing
Federal court tells FBI: go ahead and torture Americans like this guy, just do it overseas »
Hundreds of city police license plate cams are insecure and can be watched by anyone / Boing Boing
Hundreds of city police license plate cams are insecure and can be watched by anyone »
The Dangers Ahead if Tech Unicorns Get Gored - WSJ
"Despite their fondness for playing them on Twitter, venture capitalists aren’t macroeconomists." »
Stewart Butterfield on Makerbase
You can see @SlackHQ cofounder @stewart already listing his inspirations: /cc @carlmalamud https://t… »
Makerbase and the mission to dispel tech's 'founders' myths' | Technology | The Guardian
From @jemimakiss & @guardian, a wonderful introduction to @makerbase: "much more soul"! :) »
Oubliette Escape Rooms and Adventure Society by Mink Ette — Kickstarter
We're building an ✨Escape Room and Adventure Shop✨ in London! Find out more on our Kickstarter page - »
Brand New: New Global Identity for Netflix by Gretel
New Netflix identity looking sharp »
cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2012-featured-story-archive/CleanedUOSSSimpleSabotage_sm.pdf
The CIA's field guide to organizational sabotage: “Refer all matters to committees.” »
Senate passes controversial cybersecurity bill Cisa 74 to 21 | Technology | The Guardian
Report: Banks, telcos happiest with #CISA while public disappointed. #influence »
After Gamergate Misstep, SXSW Weighs an All-Day Online Abuse Forum | Re/code
Make sure you catch the Microsoft/Best Buy session in the Mountain Dew Anti-Harrassment Chillout Zone »
Lawsuit: Amazon Prime Now couriers make less than minimum wage - SFGate
The lawyer who beat FedEx on independent contractor status just filed a classification suit against Amazon Prime Now http… »
How our housing choices make adult friendships more difficult - Vox
It's horrible to realize we've designed communities that leave us much lonelier as we age »
US Senate passes CISA, a very bad spying bill dressed up as a cybersecurity bill / Boing Boing
US Senate today passed #CISA, a very bad spying bill dressed up as a cybersecurity bill https://t.c… »
A totally objective review of the HTC One A9 | The Verge
“You can make it play music by tapping on the appropriate grid icon.” Finally an objective review on @verge today »
Meet the Buddies Behind ‘Flop House,’ the Internet’s Funniest Film Critics - The Daily Beast
You've listened to @theflophousepod but have you READ about it? Thanks @dailybeast »
South Carolina Video Is the Latest Example of Policing Black Girls in America's Schools - Mic
Across 84 districts in the South, black students made up 100% of students suspended »
This is Twitter's first television ad campaign | The Verge
Twitter's first TV ad is compelling, fast, captures the mix of pro & public content, highlights Moments curation »
Tech founder raises Portland oryxes because llamas are snooty and he wanted to care for something | OregonLive.com
Tech founder raises Portland oryxes because llamas are snooty and he wanted to care for something »
Contribute to the Freelancers Union Community Blog! - Freelancers Union
From the Gawker comments: Freelancers Union doesn't pay for blog posts on its site lolol »
One Day at Panda Express
Here’s every single thing that goes into one day of running a ​fast food​ restaurant »
Facebook starts '2G Tuesdays' so employees can see what speeds are like in India
Facebook’s 2G Tuesdays are another proof of how crucial performance »
Cutting Sugar Improves Children's Health in Just 10 Days - The New York Times
When we all finally have quantified self data...the first reaction will be shock at what sugar was doing to us. »
‘Witches of America,’ by Alex Mar - The New York Times
I made a venn pentagram of witches and goths for @nytimesbooks. Plz don't hex me, readers. http… »
Greenland Is Melting Away - The New York Times
“Greenland is melting away”—another example of brilliant storytelling and data visualisation from @nytimes. »
Dell UltraSharp 27 Ultra HD 5K Monitor with PremierColor - UP2715K
Apple somehow is able to produce a 5K iMac and sell it for $400 less than Dell sells a 5K display alone. »
The rating game | The Verge
The rating game: how Uber and its peers turned us into horrible bosses via @verge »
Greenland Is Melting Away - The New York Times
Astonishing interactive piece in #NYT: Greenland Is Melting Away »
How Black Lives Matter Uses Social Media to Fight the Power | WIRED
How social media rebooted the civil rights movement »
iab.com/news/lean
The online ad industry admits they screwed up, and calls for lightweight, encrypted ads. https://t.c… »
I Have Read Prop F, and It Is a Perfectly Normal and Reasonable Piece of Legislation | Politics, Law, and Economics
@ev @Rsquared Yay for spreading misinformed uneducated bullshit. I wonder what an actual lawyer would say… »
Support Kitty Horrorshow creating haunted cities
Help me survive, support unique games, get exclusive worlds! please RT <3 #altgames #game... »
Who Pays Writers? – An anonymous, crowdsourced list of which publications pay freelance writers, and how much.
Also a reminder that @WhoPaysWriters is a resource for writer pay metrics & stories with no other weird motives https://... »
Sunrise - It's just the beginning.
Compare that post to the one announcing the Microsoft deal: "We're not going anywhere" - »
Several People Are Typing — Simple sidebar tips for reducing distraction
@PJVogt here's some tips on organization but I got used to it after a couple days. »
NASA - NIAC External Council (NEC) | NASA
@laen @arielwaldman these space people »
What Is Public? — The Message — Medium
Reminder: you're still using the word "public" as if it has a single, simple definition. »
Who pays artists?
I should also note this is a "inspired by" project. "Who pays writers?" "Who pays artists?" https://t… »